The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-24
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1t does not. You have submitted to
other laws curtailing individual liberty
for the purpose Of protecting good
morals and society without murmur,
why should you vince at this unless 1t
pinches your toesS
3. We oppose this amendment be-
cause il is at war with the fundamental
principles Of Anglo-Saxon civilization
and will destroy that inalienable right of
the citizen to determine for himself by
what method he will pursue his own hap
piness, without interference with the
right of others, which principle is the
basis of our liberties and the sole hope
Tor the perpetuity of our institutions.
8. We oppose the amendment because
its enforcement will entail upon the gov
eminent the necessity of promoting a
system of spies and informers detestable
to our people, and the achievement of
extreme legislation of doubtful constitu-
tionality, and under the sanction of
which our homes may be searched, our
property seized and our dearest rights
invaded Texas cannot hope to escape
these curses which have invariably at
tended similar experience in other
states"
In answer to the third plank: If the
liquor traffic does not affect societyinjur-
iously, vote down the amendment; if it
does, support the amendment. In answer
to the 4th, have only this to say Good,
law abiding citizens do not fear spies
and searches. Lawless people should be
made to fear them. 1t is the old case Of
the boy up the apple tree.
"5. Its adoption will suppress the
general use of milder stimulants and en-
courage the use of the strongest drinks,
and thus retards the advancement of gen
uine temperance. 1t will stamp as crimi-
nal the manufacture of wines from our
domestic grapes for family purposes, and
will degrade drug stores into dram shops
and elevate our doctors into autocrats
over our appetites."
Retard temperance: rhe idea of liquor
dealers and their satellites turning tenn
perance lecturers, would provoke from
the sinful a smile" If your physician
has not the capacity to administer liquor
when ii is in fact needed as medicine,
get another. If he attempts to evade
the law, way will be found to check
mate him. AS to interfering with the
culture of domestic grapes, that might
do to talk in California, but the birds
can not get enough grapes to eat in
Texas. Charging druggists as being
lawless set, is an insult to the honest
druggists of Texas. Druggist as well
as saloon men, can be made to respect
the laws in Texas.
"6. 1t will enable the rich to import
and use their liquors without restraint,
they can do that now and will prohibit
only those of our people.who are too poor
TO buy theirliquor in unbroken.packages,
it will prohibit to that extenD and under
its operation the saloon will give place
to the gilded club rooms for the rich
(they can have club rooms now while
the poor will be compelled to make their
purchases at low dives, and in violation
of the law. 1--WE have low dives now
and people violate the Sunday law Such
n class legislation is odious to our people
and contrary to free government" Will
1t not make the liquor traffic more odious
Unsteady
This plank declares that the law will
prohibit except in few isolated cases.
Here we take you by the hand and ex-
claim, honest for once" AS to refusing
to adopt the measure because the law
will be violated occasionally, we might
Just as well repeal every criminal law
upon our statute book, they are all vic
lated once in while.
In former days IL was impossible to
convict man for stealing cattle in our
western counties. Now. the only thing
Necessary is TO read the Indictment; that
will convict him. The same tendency is
cropping out in murder cases. The
wire cutter is an individual of the past.
Public sentiment will grow in favor Of
executing the law in Texas.
z. 1T proposes by the preponderance
of majority in certain sections of the
state to fasten by force on other sections
n theory of moral and social conduct and